Just as the world's finest classical musicians pay tribute to works by Stravinsky, Mozart, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, Tom Cridland celebrated the artistic legacy of Sir Elton Hercules John and his longterm bandmates, Nigel Olsson and Dee Murray, through live performances of Tom's Elton Tribute.
Tom played all of Elton John's best loved classic hits, album tracks, deep cuts and fan favourites, including Bennie and the Jets, Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man, Candle In The Wind, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, I’m Still Standing, Crocodile Rock and Your Song.
Tom learnt the piano during the Covid-19 lockdowns as a way of staying sober, inspired by Elton John himself. Tom played his first concert in January of 2022 and by May 2023 he was playing to 1,500 people in an amphitheatre. He then toured the world performing as his alter ego, Sir Eltom John, playing concerts in theatres, amphitheatres and arenas between March 2024 and July 2025.
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Defiantly old school, Tom's Elton Tribute put the music first, with extraordinary attention to detail. In contrast to most of the modern day industry, Tom always played 100% live, with no backing tracks or lip-syncing at all. Indeed as Elton himself put it, "I think everyone who lip-syncs on stage in public when you pay like 75 quid to see them should be shot".
You can read more about Tom's collaborations with Nigel Olsson here.